The Performer: Part One

We're kicking off Season Three of Meet the Composer with a look beyond the composer to the performer, that unusual intermediary between the artist and the audience. How do performers from different cultures, who speak different languages, come together to perform the same piece? What happens when an ensemble completely messes up... and the audience loves it? How does a piece change when it’s played nonstop for twelve hours? We explore these questions and more, taking a seat on stage as we find out what it’s like to experience music from the inside-out. Hear a piece of music you loved? Discover it here! 0:59—David Lang: Just | Listen | Buy 4:51—Kayhan Kalhor: Silent City | Listen 6:04—Kayhan Kalhor: Silent City | Listen 9:30—Robert Schumann: String Quartet No. 3 in A minor | Listen | Buy 11:13—Evan Ziporyn: Sulvasutra | Listen | Buy14:39—Kayhan Kalhor: Silent City | Listen 15:09—The xx: Lips | Listen | Buy17:08—Georg Friedrich Haas: Limited Approximations | Listen 18:13—Georg Friedrich Haas: String Quartet No. 3 | Listen 19:44—Georg Friedrich Haas: Morgen und Abend | Listen 20:59—W.A. Mozart: The Magic Flute | Listen | Buy 23:05—Georg Friedrich Haas: Hyperion | Listen 24:00—Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804 | Listen | Buy 24:22—Georg Friedrich Haas: In Nomine | Listen | Buy 27:13—Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No 21 in C minor, D 958 | Listen | Buy  34:36—The National: Sorrow | Listen | Buy 37:09—W.A. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, "Contessa perdono" | Listen | Buy 44:33—Nico Muhly: Mothertongue, "I. Archive" | Listen | Buy